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Special Weather Statement, NWS Miami, FL

May 8, 2012Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this special weather statement at May 8, 2012, 3:08 PM EDT for Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2012, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

County Hendry County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 119 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 33 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1310 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

828 
WWUS82 KMFL 081908
SPSMFL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
308 PM EDT TUE MAY 8 2012

FLZ063-066-067-081945-
GLADES FL HENDRY FL INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTY FL 
308 PM EDT TUE MAY 8 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY 
  SOUTHEASTERN GLADES COUNTY 
  NORTHEASTERN HENDRY COUNTY 

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 303 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES
  SOUTH OF MOORE HAVEN TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLEWISTON TO 5 MILES
  EAST OF DEVILS GARDEN TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF DEVILS GARDEN...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT...
  CLEWISTON...
  MONTURA...
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. LIGHTNING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED
KILLER IN FLORIDA. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS OFFER NO PROTECTION. THESE
WINDS CAN DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE BUILDING UNTIL THE
STORM PASSES.

LAT...LON 2682 8105 2682 8095 2677 8094 2674 8085
      2671 8081 2671 8078 2669 8074 2677 8075
      2678 8073 2677 8071 2669 8072 2655 8081
      2645 8123 2660 8114 2667 8112 2681 8118
      2684 8107
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 256DEG 13KT 2675 8106 2669 8102
          2662 8104 2656 8109

$$
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 9:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward50 min
May 7, 10:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward32 min
May 8, 2:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward45 min
May 8, 2:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL39 min
May 8, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade23 min
May 8, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry44 min
May 8, 2:30 PM EDTTornado WarningMFLPalm Beach18 min
May 8, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL29 min
May 8, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward47 min
May 8, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade44 min
May 8, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL61 min
May 8, 3:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade117 min
May 8, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach52 min
May 8, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades33 min
May 8, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward57 min
May 8, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL112 min
May 8, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade32 min
May 8, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade38 min
May 8, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL55 min
May 8, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade37 min
May 8, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade39 min
May 8, 5:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLMiami-Dade115 min
May 8, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL82 min
May 8, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade39 min
May 8, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL62 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.